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(A)Define "Reducing Sugar β\beta 1 \rightarrow 2)Fru)Explain Why Sucrose Is Not a Reducing Sugar,even Though Both

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(a)Define "reducing sugar."
(b)Show the reaction product of glucose after it is used as a reducing sugar.
(c)Explain why fructose is also considered a reducing sugar.(Hint: It must first undergo a chemical conversion. )
(d)Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose
(Glc( β\beta 1 \rightarrow 2)Fru).Explain why sucrose is not a reducing sugar,even though both glucose and fructose are.

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